Gamal Alfitori

Gamal Alfitori

Affiliations: MRCP (UK) Specialty Registrar Acute Medicine Scarborough General Hospital Woodlands Drive, Scarborough YO12 6QL Tel.: 07919843524 Email: alfitori@doctors. org.uk

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A non-cardiac cause of an abnormal ECG

Abstract

Abnormalities of the electrocardiogram are extremely useful for the diagnosis of heart disease, but they may also occur in non-cardiac conditions. The electrocardiographic abnormalities that have been described in neurological diseases are among the most striking deviations from normal. We describe a patient with an intracranial space occupying lesion (pilocytic astrocytoma) who exhibited electrocardiographic changes suggestive of acute coronary syndrome at the time of presentation with syncope.

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Haematological Emergencies on the Acute Medical Take

Abstract

As haematological emergencies are uncommon in daily clinical practice, enhanced awareness and high index of suspicion is required to ensure that the potentially lifesaving measures are offered. This article discusses some of the haematological conditions which may present on the acute medical take.

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